US5379112A - Process for relative measurement of the center-line of an aperture and the center-line of a cylindrical outline - Google Patents

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US5379112A
US5379112A US08/035,764 US3576493A US5379112A US 5379112 A US5379112 A US 5379112A US 3576493 A US3576493 A US 3576493A US 5379112 A US5379112 A US 5379112A
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B11/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
    • G01B11/26—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes
    • G01B11/27—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes for testing the alignment of axes
    • G01B11/272—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes for testing the alignment of axes using photoelectric detection means
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    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
    • G02B6/3834—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule
    • G02B6/3843—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule with auxiliary facilities for movably aligning or adjusting the fibre within its ferrule, e.g. measuring position or eccentricity

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  • the present invention relates to a process for measurement of the relative positions of the center-lines of an aperture and of a cylindrical outline of a sample, in particular a ferrule (or collet) for an optical fiber connector and which in particular enables measurement to be made of the coaxiality and/or the concentricity of said center-lines.
  • Ferrules for optical fiber connectors have an external outline of nominal diameter 2500 microns (+ or -1 micron) and an aperture which is coaxial to the external outline and which presents a general nominal diameter of 125 microns.
  • the performances of optical fiber connectors depend in particular on the precision with which the aperture is positioned relative to the reference cylindrical outline. Given the tolerances mentioned above and the level of performance required for such connectors, the requirements of accuracy for the measurement of concentricity and/or of coaxiality are themselves high since the readings of the positions of the center-lines must be performed with an accuracy better than a micron.
  • microprobes are not desirable for making measurements on plastic materials because of the insufficient surface hardness.
  • the contact of the microprobe on the surface produces a depression of the order of some microns which completely destroys the accuracy of measurement.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a measurement process avoiding the above disadvantages and which, without any particular complication, enables measurements to be made of concentricity and/or of coaxiality with high accuracy, in particular better than a micron, while being compatible with automation of the process.
  • the present invention provides a process for measurement of the relative positions of the center-lines of an aperture and a cylindrical outline of a sample, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
  • These measurements may be made using a light beam which is scanned parallel to the beam in a direction perpendicular to the center-line of the cylindrical outline to define the outermost points of the cylindrical outline and a step of defining said mid-points.
  • the process includes a step of warming the sample so as to expand substantially said aperture before introduction of the standard rod and cooling the sample, so that the rod is assembled with close fit in said aperture.
  • the calibrated rod is not loose in the aperture and that a center-line is therefore practically coincident with the center-line of the aperture.
  • the process may include a step of evaluating the coaxiality by calculating the angle between two segments of a given pair of segments.
  • the process may include a step of defining the position of an end plan of the sample comprising said aperture and a step of evaluating the concentricity by calculating the positional distance between two segments of a given pair at the end of the sample.
  • the process may include a plurality of series of measurements for defining a plurality of said pairs of segments for different angular deviations of the sample about the center-line of its cylindrical outline.
  • FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of the front end of a sample measured
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a sample with an aperture into which a calibrated rod has been introduced;
  • FIG. 3 is a view of the front end of a sample
  • FIG. 4 shows an optical measurement bench of the kind having a planar light beam
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating pairs of measurement segments for different angular positions of a sample
  • FIGS. 6a and 6b illustrate the stages of heating a sample, and introducing a calibrated rod into the aperture of the sample.
  • a sample to be measured 3 has a cylindrical portion 10 whose reference external outline 14 has a diameter D, as well as a front end 12 forming an aperture 11 of diameter d.
  • the cylindrical outline 14 has a longitudinal center-line 1 which intercepts the front plan 16 of the end 12 at a point A.
  • the opening 11 has a longitudinal center-line 2 which intercepts the end plan 16 at a point B.
  • the center-lines 1 and 2 form an angle between them of alpha representing the coaxiality of the center-lines 1 and 2.
  • the distance 1 between the points A and B represents the concentricity between the center-lines 1 and 2.
  • FIG. 1 in order to clarify the drawing, it will be understood that the concentricity and coaxiality defects have been exagerated.
  • a calibrated rod 15 is placed in the aperture 11 so that it projects forwardly of the sample 3, by a distance of 5 to 7 mm.
  • Measurement is next made of an outermost points E and F of the outline 14 of the cylindrical portion 10 and of the calibrated rod 15 using a dimensional measurement bench of the laser shadowscope type which is known per se and so under the name LASERMIKE by the company ORC at F-77680 ROISSY-EN-BRIE, and especially model 183-100 comprising a helium-neon laser providing a beam 23 of wavelength 632.8 mm and forming a planar beam of a given height due to the use of a rotating mirror and collimator lenses not shown.
  • the control bench comprises a base part 25 presenting a reference surface 26 having the shape of a V extending in a direction longitudinal to the base part 25, and a transfer slot 27 enabling the laser radiation to pass when the reference outline 14 of a sample 3 whose parameters are to be measured is positioned in the V-shape groove, so that its center-line 1 is perpendicular to the beam 23.
  • the introduction of a sample 3 creates a shadow segment which generates an electrical signal whose duration is proportional to the dimension of the object to be measured, this duration being related to the scanning-speed of the laser beam 23.
  • the electrical signal is decoded and enables the diameter of the sample to be obtained, and also the position of the outermost points E and F by detecting the moments when the beam 23 is masked by the sample 3.
  • the resolution is of the order of 0.2 micron.
  • Measurement of the position of the center-line 1 is performed by making a certain number of measurements along the cylindrical outline 14 and by tracing the segment corresponding to the mid-point M of the segments E and F. Similar measurement for the center-line 2 of the aperture 11 is performed through which a segment is defined consisting of the mid-points of the segments E and F defined along the cylindrical rod 15. Series of measurements can be repeated for different values of the angle ⁇ (see FIG. 3) so as to give additional information on the angles ⁇ for which the coaxiality and/or the concentricity errors are present.
  • traces are obtained of pairs of segments of curves (I1, I2), (II1, II2), (III1, III2), (IV1, IV2) shown in FIG. 5.
  • the horizontal axis represents the position of the measurement point in the direction longitudinally along the sample and the rod, and vertical absciss represents the position of the center-lines.
  • the curves I, II, III and IV correspond to different values of the angle ⁇ .
  • the shadowscope laser apparatus also enables the point 0 to be defined corresponding to the end plan 16 of the sample 3 through which a discontinuity is observed in the value of diameter measured.
  • Top and bottom precision rods reducing the height of the beam and causing sharp interruptions of the beam may be utilized to improve the accuracy of defining the axis of the ferrule.
  • the value of concentricity is given by the length of the segments G and H for the point 0 on the horizontal axis corresponding to the end plan 16.
  • Series of measurements may be performed by rotating the sample 3 through an angle ⁇ of a few degrees between each series of measurements, until a maximum deviation of coaxiality and/or concentricity is defined.
  • the angles ( ⁇ 0 , ⁇ 1 ) are thus identified at which each type of fault is directed. It is also possible to calculate the angles ⁇ 0 and ⁇ 1 using a number of series of measurements.
  • the assembly is allowed to cool down to ambient temperature and the outer diameter 14 of the ferrule 3 is again checked to check that its value is the same as before expansion.
  • the rotational measurements accept a degree of perpendicularity error between the ferrule and the beam since the measurements are relative measurements and in addition, the minima and the maxima are summed for each position.

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